OS X V10.7 Lion :: Access To Hidden Files?

May 28, 2012

I have a decompression bomb in hidden folder /.MobileBackups. I cannot open the folder even though I am the administrator. How to I delete the bad file?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Show Hidden Files

May 21, 2012

I did a search for a downloaded file. Result came back Home>Library>Filename. Cool. Problem is this: When I go to Home, there is no file named Library, nor is there a mail downloads file. Is the file hidden and, if so, how do I show it?

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Intel iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

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Intel Mac :: View Hidden Files OS X Lion 10.7.3?

Apr 18, 2012

Cannot find some files (my templates folder in Microsoft Word, I know the location of the folder but it will not show in Finder), tried holding down option key when selecting folders to show hidden folders but it did not work.

Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Find Hidden Movie Files On MacBook

Apr 28, 2012

I've deleted all the movies from my mac and when I open my system profile it shows I have 42GB of movies somewhere hidden on my macbook. I've tried searching .mov in my spotlight (which yields nothing) and manually searching through the iTunes folder and movies folder (which are empty). Where I can find these hidden movie files -- 42gb is pretty hefty.

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X Mountain Lion :: Can't Hide Folders And Files That Are Usually Hidden

Sep 8, 2014

This past weekend I transferred my OS and apps to a newly installed SSD drive.

During the process I had to move some files around in order to get The OS and Apps on the SSD.

I used a technique that utilizes the Terminal and the chflags command.

My issue is now I can not hide the files and folders that are usually hidden.

I can't remember the exact method I used to unhide hidden folders and files. I can't even find a reference to it in my web browsers history.I have searched on the web for solutions along these lines: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean FALSE ; killall Finderchflags hidden sudo chflags hidden 

But none of these approaches have worked. I have downloaded Onyx, TinkerTool and Show Hide Invisible Files.

I have used them as best I understand to hide the normally hidden files and folders, but nothing has worked.

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Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 2008

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Clearing Hidden Backup Files From Startup Disk, Time Machine?

Apr 9, 2012

Moved all my movies audio etc and stored on external HDD, but as I have lion and time machine it saved a local back up so that when time machine was synced it didn't miss anything.Seems sensible, so next step was to sync time machine, expecting that the local back up would disappear when it shifted to TM. It didn't...why in gods green earth is the local back up there even though TM connected the whole time and up to date?  I've restarted, loaded all updates and verified disk. How do I get to the "it just works" part without having to Delete this double up (32GB "backups") via terminal etc....

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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Access PC Files From Mac?

Apr 21, 2012

I need to access PC (XP) files from my mabook pro. The Mac connects via the SMB and shows the shared folders, but says cannot connect when you try to look in a folder. Also the SMB is not asking for a password to access PC, have set one up

Info:Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X :: Searching For Hidden Files?

Oct 13, 2010

How do I search for hidden files and system files like .plists? I have made hidden files visible in Finder but it still doesn't search for them.

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OS X :: How To See Hidden Files In Finder

Dec 24, 2008

Last night i was researching how to see hidden files. I found the terminal command:

default write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

So, now i can see all hidden files. Now i want to hide them again, which i understand that you have to type the following in terminal:

default write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

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OS X :: How To Hide Hidden Files

Aug 2, 2010

I was messing around in the Terminal and accessed root [sudo -s]

I assumed root access would end upon closing the terminal, but I guess not.

I can see all my hidden files (e.g., mach_kernal). How do I disable root and get back to not being able to see my hidden files?

I've learned my lesson - never mess around with things you don't understand.

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Mac Pro :: How To Show Hidden Files

Jun 3, 2012

I'm trying to copy ACL files from msword to get my auto-correct files installed and was given instructions which dont follw it- as all full the address train is not visible?

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Any Way To Access Thumbnails-DB Where Finder Stores Files Icons?

May 12, 2012

Is there any way to access the thumbnails-db, where finder stores its icons that are assigned to files? That's a SQLite-DB? Is it possible to access and export them? I'd like to use that Db to assign thumbs to files on my NAS.

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OS X :: How Do You Delete Hidden Files On A System

Jan 7, 2011

Might seem like a stupid question, but I have an SD card with hidden files filling it up to capacity. I want to delete these but I can't. I can see them, but when I hit delete it makes that noise that says you cant do this, and I cannot drag to the bin either.

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MacBook Air :: How Do I Remove Hidden Files

Aug 20, 2008

My MacBook Air shows that I am using about 44gb. However, when I calculate each folder, they total only 30gb. I am assuming that the difference is made up of hidden/deleted files. How do I find and delete unnecessary hidden files.

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OS X :: Lamesecure V0.8 May Have Hidden My Files But Now Showing

Feb 9, 2009

i downloaded lamesecure and put a password on a folder. for whatever reasons i took the password off and now when i open the folder my files aren't there. Only a contents folder is now showing, But the folder still says the original size of 2.7g.

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OS X :: Rant Over Hidden Files And Folders

Mar 8, 2009

Namely: Library and its contents. If Windows can do it, I'm confident Leopard 10.5.6 can too. None of the myriad permutations of the below Terminal command work.

Code:
# defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE
# KillAll Finder
When I "search this Mac" in the Finder or querry Spotlight, I want nothing but nothing excluded from results. I am not a computer retard in danger of ruining my OS through hasty file relocation or deletion. I want my search returns to include even the most sensitive system files which, if accidentally deleted, would cause my Mac Pro to reach out through my monitor and stab me in the face.

Folder example: There are several folders called "Mozilla" on my system, and yours if you use Firefox. Good luck finding a folder called "Mozilla" using the Finder or Spotlight. You'll have to know where it is and manually navigate there.

File example: I have a file called userChrome.css buried in users/me/Library/AS/Mozilla/ext/yadaYoda, But when I search for "userChrome.css" - Mac OS peers out at me through it's glowing red eye and says, very calmly, "What are you doing Dave? I can't let you do that Dave."

Can anyone tell me how to really & truly include ALL files and folders in searches? I'll reiterate that I've tried a dozen terminal commands I found online.

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OS X :: Removing Hidden Mac Files For PC Viewing?

Apr 6, 2010

So at my office we move from logic (obviously mac based workstation) to a PC workstation to upload audio files.

We've encountered a growing issue which is the hidden .DS and ._* files.

These files are hidden in every folder on mac but when we move a folder with say 100 audio files bounced from logic to a PC every audio file has a ._ alias and each folder has a .DS alias.

Right now the only way we can fix it is manually removing all the hidden files on the PC. We have tried a Terminal script that removes the ._ files but they seem to just recreate themselves.

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MacBook Pro :: How To Show Hidden Files On OS X 10.5.8

Mar 27, 2012

How to show hidden files / folders on mac book pro os x 10.5.8

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

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MacBook Air :: Hidden Downloaded Files

Jun 19, 2014

I downloaded files to

1. My downloads
2. My desktop.

But when I went to find the files I could not find them, even using Finder and Spotlight. I eventually found them using 'EasyFind' but I am still perplexed as to why I cannot see them. I can see other files in my downloads file and on my desktop!

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MacBook Pro :: How To Hide Hidden Files Again

Jun 24, 2014

I just bought a new macbook pro with maverick 10.9.3 I believe and made my hidden files viewable to extract certain data. But now I want to hide the files again how do I go about doing that? 

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Intel Mac :: Why Can't Access Hp 3210 Photosmart Printer Files After Installing Lion

Mar 14, 2012

My HP 3210 printer files use PowerPC software.  As a result of installing Lion, they have been disabled.  What should I do?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Finder Flashes, Can't Access Trash, Desktop Files Disappeared?

Jun 20, 2012

Running a fairly new iMac with 10.7.4 and came home to find that the finder flashes, I can't access the trash and the files on the desktop disappeared.  Haven't downloaded anything (and my kids also claim not to have).

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Access Data (Music Files) In Folder On External Disk?

Jun 22, 2012

I am using a Mac Mini with OS X 10.7. I am having an issue with an external disk that was previously used as my main file source with an older Mac Mini. It seems there is a certain folder on the disk that I can't open or access that contains my lossless music files. When I look at the permissions it doesn't let me set them and also doesn't show "me", with the name I use to login to the system, as having access, or even showing up in the permissions on GetInfo.

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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X :: Missing Used Space - Any Hidden Files On System?

Jun 8, 2009

I clicked on my HD and I have 124.5 Used and 61.51 Free, which adds up to 186.01. I then clicked on Macintosh HD and selected all the files and hit "Get Info." It all adds up to 117.5 GB. I'm missing about 7 GB and I don't know where it is. Are there some hidden files or something?

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OS X :: Removing Hidden Attribute From Files And Folder?

Jan 4, 2010

I am trying to remove the hidden attribute from some folders and files so iTunes will actually use them. I hope I am describing myself well enough.

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OS X :: How Do You Remove Hidden Core Dump Files

Mar 22, 2010

I heard that someone gained lots of gbs back by doing this...

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Applications :: Hidden Files For Both Windows / OS X On NTFS

Apr 13, 2010

I have just acquired an external enclosure for my 160GB 2.5 HDD, and I have it formatted as NTFS on a MBR partition table. I use NTFS-3G on OSX, and it's, of course, natively supported by windows. Well, I am having problems with hidden files between them. In OSX, the .DS_Store files, .Trashes and ._*name* files are hidden, but I can see windows' hidden files (RECYCLER, RECYCLE BIN, and System Volume Information). In Windows, I can see .DS_Store, .Trashes and ._*name* files from OSX, but not Windows' hidden files. I am looking for a way to solve this, or not have the files created on the disks.

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IMac :: Finding 100G Of Hidden Files?

Aug 1, 2010

I'm not a mac guru by no means but I've been behind this one for 3 years now. Poking around I see that my HD has only 13G's left. I start adding up all my folders... Library, System, Apps, ect and only come up with just over 100G. Where are there 100g of files hidden? Am I missing something somewhere?

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OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: How To Display Hidden Files

Feb 14, 2012

how do i display hidden files

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X V10.5 Leopard :: Hidden Files Showing Up In The Top Directory

May 12, 2012

I've just acquired a late-2005 G4 iBook with Leopard 10.5.8 installed. All seems to be well except for an oddity with the listing in the top, home directory. I would normally expect to just see folders for Applications, Library, System and Users but, for some reason, folders normally hidden such as bin, cores, etc (alias), private, sbin, tmp (alias), usr, var (alias) and Volumes are also shown. "dot" names remain invisible unless intentionally made visible.

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iBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), iBook G4 12" (mid-2005)

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